Girls Basketball: Daphne 36, Baldwin County 28

DAPHNE, Alabama - Brinesha Mason had a game-high 12 points and Kirsten Henton had 10 as Daphne rallied in the second quarter to take the lead for good en route to a win over visiting Baldwin County in a critical area game for both teams.

Mckenzie Boykin also had a game-high 12 points for Baldwin County (4-3, 3-1, Class 6A, Area 3) and Darnisha Maye had 10.

Baldwin County opened the game by going ahead 11-7 after the opening quarter but Daphne (6-5, 2-0) rallied to make it 17-17 at halftime before taking the lead for good in the third quarter, going ahead 30-24 at the end of the third quarter.

The Trojans then held on in the final eight minutes, making no field goals in the fourth quarter but nailing 6-of-9 free throws in that stretch to preserve the triumph.

"I saw that we couldn't hit our shots so I stalled things at that point," said Daphne coach Terance Pinkney. "We went to our spread offense and made them follow us. Forcing them to foul us and send us to the line was the difference in the ballgame."

Tigers coach Robert Wills said his team struggled.

"We don't know how to execute right now," said Wills. "At halftime, I explained to them how to break Daphne's press but that didn't translate to the game."